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Destroying A Small Area Of Spinal Cord For Pain

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 63600

A needle is guided through the skin into a precise target in the spinal cord using imaging, and a small area of nerve tissue is deliberately destroyed to interrupt pain signals traveling to the brain. Electrical stimulation and recording through the same needle confirm the position before the lesion is made. It is reserved for severe pain that has not responded to other treatment, most often pain from advanced cancer.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Destroying A Small Area Of Spinal Cord For Pain cost?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,122 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,122$977 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$4,571 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,888
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $1,122

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,000.00
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in California than in New Mexico. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

New Jersey· 30th of 51

$1,349

CA $4,169NM $1,047

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.